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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1898
Page
8
The report notes October sunrises around 6.13 and moon sets at 5.20, with day length about 10.20 hours. It records cool nights dipping below freezing and a clear forenoon, indicating fair weather for Boston on October 28 with not so cold conditions tonight and Saturday.
In Lowell area News items report a Friday scene with hack hires and dining then socializing. A local game at Wamesit alleys saw Pawtuckets defeat Pas times 2472 to 2145. Immanuel Baptist Church held a sea son of prayer with strong attendance. Dr Reombough aided by giving bonnets to Sixth regiment boys. Kirk Street Men’s league plans a welcome service for Lowell Sixth company next Sunday night with invitations sent to members. Brazer and Co advertise a broad line of men’s neckwear in autumn styles at 60 cents. Fred Howes of Lowell received six months in Chicopee police court for theft of 4.12 from a freight bill and is wanted elsewhere. A ladies sewing circle event at London Street church included a fair, musical program, pastor’s address and a vestry sale decorated with Stars and Stripes and Swedish colors.
A reception musicale hosted by Edward Everett Adams featured pianist Luther Elmer Gilmore violinist Lavern Harvey Harrington soprano Elizabeth Eben Spofford and accompanist Sarah E Dudley with Adams himself as tenor performing in Suite 15 last evening at the Old Fellows temple.
An old advertisement claims Munyon’s Headache and Indigestion Cure is the sole remedy on the market that cures every headache in 3 to 10 minutes and also corrects indigestion while stimulating nerves and strengthening the body. It suggests keeping it in every home and traveler’s gripsack, with 25 cures priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
Between 1 and 3 yesterday morning burglars broke a front window of E. F. Faulkner & Co. on Middlesex street and stole 25 bottles of whiskey. No arrests have been made yet.
Clerks will meet Friday evening at 7 20 o'clock in Knights of Columbus hall. After business a social session with dancing will be enjoyed. All clerks welcome. Co R Story Secretary.
In Mexico I raised my coffee intake and soon faced nerve stupor and dyspepsia. I switched to cold water and milk, then, in New York, a friend’s Postum cereal coffee helped. I was cured and in good health, becoming a missionary for Postum and advising it for nervous system pains and digestion, earning the nickname Doctor Postum.
The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment served nearly six months since assembling at South Framingham on May 6. Companies gathered from Wakefield Fitchburg Lowell and other towns. After training at Camp Dewey they moved to Camp Alger then to Baltimore Washington and finally Charleston before boarding the Yale bound for Cuba, with Adjt Butler Ames remaining with the detachment.
The Yale voyage yielded extreme hardships with short rations and ill water as the Sixth Regiment endured 18 days aboard. Arriving at Guantanamo July 11 and joining the fleet July 21, they sailed to Porto Rico. The unit fought at Guanica on July 25 and Yauco on July 26, repelling Spanish regulars with disciplined volleys and coordinated flanking advances by Companies A K G and L under leaders Ames Langhorn Gihon Goodell and others.
Ten Spaniards died and 52 were wounded in the action. Massachusetts troops, led by Captain E J Gihon, faced heavy fighting near Guanica and Ponce. Officers Woodward Chaffin Taylor Goodell resigned after a board inquiry. Col Cyrus Cook briefly commanded before Col Edmund Rice took over with Adjt Butler Ames. The march to Adjuntas featured heavy straggling, tough terrain, and a bull train casualty count, with the unit maintaining fighting spirit despite losses.
The Sixth Cavalry details eight companies for Utuada marching 15 miles from Arecibo toward San Juan as hostilities pause. Battalions of Captain Gihon and Major Priest are split among targets, with some units left at Adjuntas. Utuwado camp and Lares orders are described, followed by garrison life in a converted schoolhouse. The unit sails from Ponce on Oct 21 with Gen Gordon aboard.
General C A R Dimon arrived from quarantine aboard a tug and traveled to Lowell after his report on the Sixth regiment in Porto Rico. He described the voyage from New York on the Port Victor on Oct 7 to San Juan Oct 18, noting the change from Spanish to American control and praise from General Henry.
The officers of the Sixth regiment signed a declaration in Utuado stating they do not wish to enter the State militia under Colonel Woodward. The document lists the Company G officers and is understood to include Company C officers.
The Bay State is expected in Boston today carrying 136 Sixth regiment soldiers. An Ambulance corps will go down to assist in caring for them as over a score of Lowell men are aboard the boat.
A vestry meeting of the High Street Associates reviewed last season’s work and outlined goals for this season. Speakers including Rev. Huntington and A L Bacheller emphasized music, Bible study, welcoming strangers, and strong Sunday school support to draw attendees and benefit evening services. About 50 church and society members attended.
The board of overseers of the poor met at the city farm for routine business. Supt. Pindar reported 436 inmates 122 tramps during the month and one death.
Robert McEwan about 50 fell down stairs at his home in Suffolk Street yesterday afternoon. At 5 45 the ambulance took him to St John's hospital. His condition is not serious.
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